The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-12-29
MR.. KINPz ON THE LAND CUES
TION.

The assertion is often made, "The
world owes me living and l mean to
have it."
Now the question arises, does the
world owe any man anything? Ger
tainly. every individual born into this
world is entitled TO food, clothing and
shelter. AL civilized nations concede
this in their dealings with criminals
When they deprive a man of his liberty
for any crime, they furnish him with
food, clothing and shelter until they
again restore him to liberty. This is
an acknowledgment that when the
world deprives any man or any class OF
men of the inheritance which nature
gave to man, from which, by adding his
labor, he would be enabled to obtain
food, clothing and shelter, the world
then owes that man or class of men
these prerequisites until they again
restore to them this natural inheritance.
The object of this communication is
to show that the Greater did give to all
men an inheritance from which, by
adding his labor, he would be enabled
to obtain food, clothing and shelter,
and that the world has monopOlized
that inheritance and thereby deprived
millions of human beings of the natural
inheritance, given to them by nature,
and consequently owe these people food
clothing and shelter.
Now in order to make this clear let
us go back to the creation. The Bible
SAYS it took God six days to create the
universe as a habitation for man before
he MADE man. lie made the light, ar,
water and land; separated the water
from the land. Then he made man.
He gave man eyes because there was
light, and it was necessary for man TO
have eyes and to see in order that he
might be enabled to make a living
without being dependent on others. He
gave man breathing apparatus be-
cause there was air, and air was neceS-
sary to mans existence. He also made
water necessary to mans existence.
He placed man on the land, from which
by adding his labor, he might be ena-
bIed to obtain food, clothing and shelter.
1t is evident that should any I1an or
any combination of men be able to mo-
nopolize light, air and water, they could
compel the rest of men to pray TO them
instead of praying to God for their very
existence. Does reason and common
sense teach any man that the Creator
intended any such state of things!
Now how is it in regard to land? Is
it not as evident that should any man
or combination of men mOnopolize land
they could compel the rest Of men TO
pray to them instead of praying to God
for their daily bread. And has 1t not
come to this, that millions OF men are
compelled to pray to man instead OF
praying to God for their daily bread.
When God created man he designed
that men should not allbe born at once,
but to continue being born as time
moved on, and there never was time
vet that there was not plenty of land
for all the people. But man, by legis-
lative enactments has monOpolized the
land and made it impossible for mil
lions of people To have access
to enough land to furnish
themselves food, clothing and shelter
without first paying tribute to those
that have monOpoliZed the land. was
born on November 27, 1880, and when
and where was born God did not have
any land to give me, somebody else
owned it. ! have travelled over this
earth fifty-seven years, and with mill
ions of others have been compelled to
pray to those that owned the land for
our daily bread instead of praying to
God; and should they refuse to raise
grain from their land which they would
have legal right to do, they could
starve us to death,
God first created the universe, then
he created man, creature adapted to
the universe, and as a creature adapted
to that creation we have perfect crea-
tor for all time to come. But man by
unnatural legislation has reversed the
order of nature, and has brought us to
the condition we find ourselves. Now,
does the world owe us living?.
A. j. KINTz.
Mr.. Kintz's views of monopoly in
land are confined thereto as though
that was the only monopoly calculated
to.oppress. AS to land, we have known
people try land and get tired of it; and
assurredly in this country there is
abundance of land open for occupancy.
The infiexible law is toll; exertion
being necessary to human develop
ment and support. This is the inevita
BILE law, and an should rather look at
the bright side of things, and labor to
establish Justice" and to prevent
government being used by designing
men to favor them by monopoly in
land or any other way. The man of
money can get land, ii he wants 1t.
A valuable rule to remember is that
when bad or selfish men combine, good
men should associate and see that JUS
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